151 Bedtime Stories

Marmalade, the cat loved baked beans. But she was far too lazy to go to the market and buy them. She planted a bean tree in her garden and plucked the beans every morning. However, one day, she saw that the tree was gone. “Oh no! I have to go all the way to the […]

Once a caterpillar sneaked into a hare’s house when the latter had gone outside in search of food. When he came back , he found the footmarks of another creature. Before going inside he asked, “Who is inside?” A loud twisted voice answered, “I am the one who had trampled the elephants and rhinos to

There was a bunny named Robo, who lived with his siblings in a big white house. All day, he would play with them in their front yard. One day, while playing, Robo bunny hopped a little too far and he was long gone before the children could find him. He saw a tiny burrow and

Once there lived an old woman and her grandson in a hut. The old woman worked hard to feed her grandson and herself but her grandson was a lazy boy. He did not help her in her work and took her money and spent it all on his friends. One day, he came home hungry.

Freddie, the frog loved to fish. One day, Freddie wore his coat and took his fishing rod, some worms and set off fishing. He had invited some of his friends for dinner. He set out for fishing. He sat on his little green leaf boat and rowed with a thin reed. He saw shoals of

Long, long ago, there lived a very big giant named Ginny. He lived high above the clouds. He kept himself very clean by rubbing himself with his hands. The dead skin that fell off his body was kept in a pile that grew bigger every day. Ginny decided to make the earth with the dead

Harry had a flute that he used to play whenever he was very sad or happy. Today was a sad day because he got his school report and he had not done well at all! He went to a riverbank and started playing a sad tune from his flute thinking of his mother. He knew

Maddy’s father has a big farm. Lots of cows, sheep and little white pigs live in the farm. After school, Maddy plays with all of them. The little puppy is his best friend. Both Maddy and his little friend loves playing in the mud. There’s a little muddy puddle beside the big pond in the

One day, Skip, the pirate opened a treasure map and said to his helper Pip, “I have got a very good piece of news. This is Hippo Island where we will find a buried treasure chest!” Skip and Pip set sail towards Hippo Island as Pip steered the ship, Skip said, “This adventure will make

Little Tin Tin was having a terrible tummy ache. “What did you eat, son?” asked Mummy. “I couldn’t sleep last night at all. My tummy is paining so much!” wailed Tin Tin. “It seems something you ate hasn’t suited your tummy,” said Mummy. “I just ate a slice of pizza and went to sleep,” said

Emma was not at all like other elephants. All day, her family would wallow in the muddy pool but she would stand in the rain and enjoy the water trickling down her skin. “Come, Emma. This mud is warm like chocolate,” her brother would call. But Emma did not go. Her favourite pastime was trying

Boomba was a very handsome lion cub. His parents were proud of their son’s good looks. But Boomba was never happy with his looks. One day while Boomba was playing hide and seek with Polly the parrot, he said, “Wish I could be like you, Polly. Why don’t you go to the magic tree, Kalpataru

A little rose plant lived inside a dark damp room. One day, she heard a soft tapping on her door, “Who’s there?” she asked. “I am Little Raindrop. Please let me in,” cried the visitor. “No way!” said the rose plant angrily. Little Raindrop was very sad for being turned away. After sometime the Rose

There lived a fuzzy and foul-smelling polecat on Top Hill. “Run away! Here comes the filthy and smelly polecat!” warned the other creatures. As soon as the polecat arrived, all the other animals would cover their noses and run for cover. One day a big hungry tiger came to Top Hill and threatened to eat

Mr Marlow had a big dog named Monty, who loved to go for long walks. Monty had long legs and walked so fast that Mr Marlow had to run to keep pace with his dog. He had to tightly hold on to his scarf and hat, so that they would not fall off while he